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http://www.businessinsider.com/ann-coulter-trump-taxes-speech-2017-8Ann Coulter goes off on Trump over taxes, saying he delivered his 'worst, most tone-deaf speech'http://www.businessinsider.com/ann-coulter-trump-taxes-speech-2017-8
Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:38:34 -0400Maxwell Tani
<p>Conservative author Ann Coulter rebuked President Donald Trump over his speech on Wednesday in which he rolled out the broad outline of his tax reform plan.</p>
<p>In a slew of tweets on Wednesday, the firebrand conservative pundit said the president's focus on simplifying the tax code and lowering business taxes to 15% was missing an opportunity to prioritize some of his more incendiary, but unique, policy objectives, including building a southern border wall and deporting immigrants living in the US without permission.</p>
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WTF! Why is <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> back to tax cuts? His election was NOT about tax cuts. Has he been talking to <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan">@SpeakerRyan</a> again? </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902967907226984448">August 30, 2017</a>
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This isn't a "once in a lifetime" shot at tax cuts! EVERY GOP cuts taxes! This is "once in a lifetime" shot to save US: Wall &amp; deportations! </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902968490793078784">August 30, 2017</a>
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Bush cut taxes! Did it create millions of jobs? Nope. The rich pocketed their tax cut &amp; sent jobs abroad, hired guest workers. F-- them. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902968812051582976">August 30, 2017</a>
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It's so obvious Trump's only getting polite applause for tax cuts. Want to get the crowd hollering, <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a>? Talk about THE WALL! </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902969307734388736">August 30, 2017</a>
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It's like Night of the Living Dead watching our beloved <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> go to DC &amp; start babbling the same old GOP nonsense on tax cuts. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902969585804169217">August 30, 2017</a>
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Tax cuts are a 2d term issue. 1st term: BUILD THE WALL, End DACA, Deport Illegals, No Refugees, No Muslims, Immigrn Moratorium. SAVE USA! </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902970110033395712">August 30, 2017</a>
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Cutting taxes doesn't do a damn thing for wages if you allow businesses to keep bringing in cheap foreign labor! </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902970854291755008">August 30, 2017</a>
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To create jobs for AMERICANS, no more cheap foreign workers, CUT REGULATIONS &amp; cut corporate taxes. (NOT income taxes.) </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902971207858970625">August 30, 2017</a>
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<p>Coulter particularly singled out the similarities between Trump's plan and a hypothetical plan that other Republicans like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush would've put forward.</p>
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This speech could have been given by Jeb! -- except even he wouldn't have talked about the govt helping yuppie women with child care costs. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902971438776422400">August 30, 2017</a>
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This is the worst, most tone-deaf speech <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> has ever given. Jeb! had better ideas. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902971951400005633">August 30, 2017</a>
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Oh stop pretending this is about letting "families" keep more of their money. HALF OF AMERICANS DON'T PAY TAXES! This is for Wall Street. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902972446206255104">August 30, 2017</a>
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<p>Indeed, beyond the prominent former Wall Street figures playing key roles in overhauling the tax code, Trump's administration has absorbed some financial figures from Bush's policy world.</p>
<p>Notably, Bush's former senior policy director Justin Muzinich <a href="https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/sm0025.aspx">joined</a> the Treasury Department in March to work closely with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on "major policy initiatives" and on tax reform.</p>
<p>Over the past several months, Coulter has increasingly criticized Trump and mocked him on social media and in interviews, saying that he has not fulfilled his anti-immigration campaign promises.</p>
<p>"The millions of people who haven't voted for 30 years and came out to vote for Trump, thinking, 'Finally, here's somebody who cares about us' — Nope!" Coulter <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/ann-coulter-threatens-to-dump-her-emperor-god-trump-over-bannon">told</a> The Daily Beast after former chief strategist Steve Bannon left the White House earlier this month. "Republicans, Democrats — doesn't matter. Jeb exclamation point, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton — doesn't matter. Goldman Sachs is running the country."</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/overwhelmed-journalists-are-jumping-in-to-rescue-those-trapped-by-hurricane-harvey-as-people-are-sending-addresses-and-desperately-looking-for-help-2017-8" >'Overwhelmed' journalists are jumping in to rescue those trapped by Hurricane Harvey as people are 'sending addresses and desperately looking for help'</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:46:26 -0400Veronika Bondarenko
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5786b9a84321f122008b812c-1996/gettyimages-138674942.jpg" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Ann Coulter." /></p><p>Conservative pundit Ann Coulter has "railed" at President Donald Trump, <a href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/us/politics/trump-attacks-own-attorney-general-jeff-sessions.html">The New York Times reports</a>.</p>
<p>Coulter reportedly told Trump a few weeks ago that "he needed to focus more on his core supporters," according to The Times. Steve Bannon, Trump's chief White House strategist, brought Coulter to meet the president.</p>
<p>Even though the controversial commentator <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trump-We-Trust-Pluribus-Awesome/dp/0735214468">had been staunchly pro-Trump</a>&nbsp;throughout the election, Coulter <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/ann-coulter-tells-donald-trump-be-man-over-whether-fire-jeff-sessions-641912">recently said</a> that&nbsp;Trump needs to "be a man" by deciding whether or not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions.</p>
<p>Trump's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attacks-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-2017-7">recent public tirade</a> against Sessions<span>&nbsp;has drawn <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-sessions-conservative-media-trump-2017-7">sharp criticism</a>&nbsp;even among the President's core backers in conservative media circles.</span></p>
<p><span>"Reminder: It was Kushner's decision to fire Comey that brought the Independent Counsel, not Sessions recusing himself months earlier," Coulter <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/889921083494850560">tweeted</a> on July 25.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ann-coulter-delta-twitter-fight-2017-7" >Delta is winning the social media war against Ann Coulter</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:13:45 -0400Tanya Dua
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/596d2028abc1c828528b4e47-1996/gettyimages-138674942.jpg" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Ann Coulter."></p><p>Airlines are usually the ones at the receiving end of complaints, rants and trolls online.</p>
<p>But Delta seems to have the upper hand in its <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/delta-respond-ann-coulter-multi-day-twitter-tirade-2017-7">ongoing Twitter war with political commentator Ann Coulter.</a></p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.brandwatch.com/the-social-index/airlines-social-index/">data crunched by social listening firm Brandwatch</a>, Coulter’s online sentiment is 55.9% negative, whereas Delta’s sentiment is 52.3% positive.</p>
<p>The analysis is based on over 337,000 mentions of Coulter and over 410,000 mentions of Delta across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook over the past seven days.</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/596d20d1abc1c8ea1d8b495e-873/screen%20shot%202017-07-17%20at%20115725%20ambw.png" alt="Screen Shot 2017 07 17 at 11.57.25 AM_BW" data-mce-source="Brandwatch"></p>
<p>This weekend, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/delta-respond-ann-coulter-multi-day-twitter-tirade-2017-7">Coulter embarked on a multiday Twitter tirade</a>, accusing Delta of giving away her seat on a flight on Saturday. According to Coulter, Delta gave away an extended-legroom economy-class seat, for which she paid $30, to another passenger.</p>
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<p>The dispute quickly escalated and subsequently went viral on Twitter, after <span>Delta respon</span>ded on Sunday evening.</p>
<p>Delta criticized her for posting "slanderous comments and photos in social media” and Coulter responded by calling the airline "fascists."</p>
<p>According to Brandwatch, activity around the Delta brand increased by nearly 1,400%, while activity around Coulter rose by nearly 2,700% on social media between July 14 and 16.</p>
<p>Coulter has 1.6 million Twitter followers, while Delta has 1.3 million. The chart below shows how closely the two conversations are entwined. (It represents only 10% of the conversation)</p>
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<p>In an age where airlines are frequently lambasted online for all things customer service-related and beyond, Coulter’s polarizing persona has actually turned the tide in Delta’s favor. Coulter didn’t help either, not just attacking Delta but also the other passenger that was given her seat. Coulter called her "dachshund-legged" and implied she's an immigrant when she tweeted, "Immigrants take American jobs (&amp; seats on @Delta)."</p>
<p>Critics are not only embracing the airline’s response, but according to Brandwatch, Delta’s sentiment is actually more positive than the numbers indicate. This is because a lot of the conversations around the topic are overrun with sarcasm (which the algorithm cannot read) and are negative reactions to Coulter that mention Delta in the same breath.</p>
<p>Delta’s sentiment was as much as 80.3% positive on July 13, but its sentiment has taken a hit since Coulter's mentions have started to attach themselves around its conversation. Even though these mentions aren't directly guided towards Delta, its sentiment is going down as the algorithm can’t determine if people are discussing Coulter or the airline.</p>
<p>“Delta is somewhat of the victim in this,” said Kellan Terry, senior data analyst at Brandwatch.</p>
<p>Coulter's conversation, on the other hand, is quite negative regardless of the incident, because she is a polarizing regardless.</p>
<p>Among those that rallied behind Delta included actor Matt Doyle, who said "I was impressed with your service recently. Most pleasant flights I've had in while. Oh and @anncoulter is evil, but what else is new," in a tweet.</p>
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I was impressed with your service recently. Most pleasant flights I've had in while. Oh and <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter">@anncoulter</a> is evil, but what else is new. </p>— Matt Doyle (@MattfDoyle) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886726656253145089">July 16, 2017</a>
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<p>On the other end of the spectrum were supporters of Coulter who vowed to boycott Delta because of the incident.</p>
<p>"You screw a customer then scold her for not being polite about it? Never flying Delta again. Plenty of other airlines to choose from," tweeted one user.</p>
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You screw a customer then scold her for not being polite about it?<br><br>Never flying Delta again. Plenty of other airlines to choose from. </p>— Alex 🇺🇸 (@SoCal4Trump) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886729949809319936">July 16, 2017</a>
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Mon, 17 Jul 2017 11:56:42 -0400Benjamin Zhang
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<p>On Saturday, political commentator Ann Coulter launched into an epic multiday Twitter tirade after accusing Delta Air Lines of giving away her seat on a flight that day.</p>
<p>In her tweetstorm, Coulter said Delta gave away an extended-legroom economy-class seat, for which she paid $30, to another passenger.</p>
<p>(Delta has said it will refund the $30 Coulter spent on her seat upgrade.)</p>
<p>This event led Coulter to call Delta the "worst airline in America" followed by pictures of her seatmates and a Delta flight attendant in an attempt to publicly shame them.</p>
<p>In other tweets, Coulter complained about everything from the airline's Wi-Fi service to the time she spent carefully selecting her seat.</p>
<p>At one point, the political commentator went as far as comparing Delta's staff to the Stasi, East Germany's secret police, and even threatened to call CEO Ed Bastian.</p>
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Just when you think it's safe to fly them again, the worst airline in America is STILL: <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a> </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886343272968355841">July 15, 2017</a>
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Does your union hate you, <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a>? Not really worth spending all that money on planes when <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a> gate staff give your seat away. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886343861827768321">July 15, 2017</a>
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<p>The Atlanta-based airline responded to the controversial media figure, who was traveling on Delta Flight 2852 from New York to West Palm Beach, Florida, by chiding her for what it described as "derogatory and slanderous" posts about its customers and employees.</p>
<p>In a statement to the public, Delta wrote:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"We are sorry that the customer did not receive the seat she reserved and paid for. More importantly, we are disappointed that the customer has chosen to publicly attack our employees and other customers by posting derogatory and slanderous comments and photos in social media. Her actions are unnecessary and unacceptable. Each of our employees is charged with treating each other as well as our customers with dignity and respect. And we hold each other accountable when that does not happen. Delta expects mutual civility throughout the entire travel experience. We will refund Ms. Coulter's $30 for the preferred seat on the exit row that she purchased."</p>
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a>, you mind telling me why it was an "emergency" to move someone else into the seat I had carefully chosen in advance and booked? </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886346182557147136">July 15, 2017</a>
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Also, <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a>, your wifi doesn't work -- probably to prevent passengers from tweeting from the plane about how they're being treated. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886346430159433734">July 15, 2017</a>
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So glad I took time investigate the aircraft &amp; PRE-BOOK a specific seat on <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a>, so some woman could waltz at the last min &amp; take my seat. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886374480708337664">July 15, 2017</a>
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But at least <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a> was nice @ it, summarily snatching my ticket from my hand &amp; ordering me to move w/o explanation, compensation or apology </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886375020288765953">July 16, 2017</a>
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Suck-ass <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a> spends all this $$$ on beautiful aircraft &amp; then hire Nurse Ratchets as flight attendants &amp; gate agents. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886615401647550464">July 16, 2017</a>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a> motto: "How can we make your flight more uncomfortable?" </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886615565971988480">July 16, 2017</a>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a> employee questionnaire: What is your ideal job: Prison guard? Animal handler? Stasi policeman? All of the above: HIRED! </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886616441923022848">July 16, 2017</a>
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If <a href="https://twitter.com/Delta">@Delta</a> employees were not so HONORABLE &amp; TRUSTWORTHY, I would have said this is an outright lie. Facts are not "insults." <a href="https://t.co/w3fpEmu3z8">https://t.co/w3fpEmu3z8</a> </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/886796757539094529">July 17, 2017</a>
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<p>In response to the tirade, Delta offered a full explanation of what occurred on Flight 2852.</p>
<p>According to Delta, Coulter originally booked seat 15F. On the aircraft operating this flight, 15F was located by the window in an emergency-exit row. But the airline said Coulter changed her seat to 15D, which was by the aisle, within 24 hours of the flight. The mix-up that set off the tweetstorm came at the time of boarding when Delta accidentally moved Coulter to 15A, a window seat.</p>
<p>As a result, Coulter didn't actually lose any of the extra legroom on which she spent $30. But she did have to sit in a window seat as opposed to one along the aisle.</p>
<p>Delta says its staff made several attempts to reach out to Coulter over the weekend but did not hear back from her until Sunday evening.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/wow-air-ceo-airlines-will-soon-pay-you-to-fly-2017-7" >Airline CEO predicts a future where 'we will pay you to fly'</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:39:15 -0400Mark Abadi
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/595441aaa3630f62588b5d33-910/gettyimages-596731494.jpg" alt="ann coulter" data-mce-source="Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Political commentator and author Ann Coulter in 2016." /></p><p>Conservative provocateur Ann Coulter slammed Sean Hannity in a blistering <a href="http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2017-06-28.html">column</a> on Wednesday, saying the Fox News commentator "would endorse communism" if Donald Trump did.</p>
<p>"Sean Hannity, bless his heart, has the zeal of the late Trump convert," Coulter wrote in the column on her website. "He would endorse communism if Trump decided to implement the policies of 'The Communist Manifesto.'"</p>
<p>The two firebrands have been feuding since last week, when Coulter <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/cut-the-bs-hannity-responds-on-twitter-after-ann-coulter-says-his-show-censored-her/">accused</a> Hannity of censoring from his show her comments about Trump's relationship with Goldman Sachs.</p>
<p>Coulter said she had criticized Trump's praise for his chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs president, whom he called one of the "great, brilliant business minds" on his Cabinet during a rally in Iowa last week.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-i-just-dont-want-a-poor-person-iowa-rally-2017-6">added</a> that he did not want a "poor person" running the economy, and "that's the kind of thinking we want" &mdash; a line Coulter told Hannity she objected to.</p>
<p>"On his show last Thursday, he tried to get me to defend Trump's "rich person" remarks about Cohn," Coulter said. "I wish you could see the segment, but, unfortunately, Hannity decided no one would ever see it."</p>
<p>The pre-recorded segment was cut for time, Hannity <a href="https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/878412207272415233">said</a>. The host has faced criticism for his unceasingly pro-Trump coverage.</p>
<p>But to Coulter, who bills herself an early Trump supporter, it does no good to blindly praise the president.</p>
<p>"Those of us who have been here for a while &hellip; know how to party responsibly," she said. "The best way we serve the people we admire is to tell them the truth."</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/top-officials-are-reportedly-frustrated-with-trumps-lack-of-concern-about-russia-2017-6" >Top officials are reportedly frustrated with Trump's lack of concern about Russia</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:35:40 -0400Allan Smith
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<p>Despite initially applauding the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel overseeing an investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign associates, some of the president's staunchest conservative allies are now turning on him.</p>
<p>Trump's allies now claim that the results Mueller&nbsp;comes up with&nbsp;in the investigation into whether Trump campaign associates colluded with Russian officials during the 2016 election will be tainted and biased.</p>
<p>The shift comes after fired <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/james-comey-hearing-trump-2017-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FBI Director James Comey testified last week</a> that he ordered his friend, a Columbia University law professor, to describe his memos of his conversations with Trump to a New York Times reporter because he felt the investigation may have reached the point at which a special counsel needed to be appointed. Comey's testimony also made clear that Mueller is, <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/872822632458178564" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">in all likelihood</a>, already investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice in light of his reported request to Comey to drop an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.</p>
<p>Additionally, many of Trump's conservative backers took issue with Mueller <a href="https://www.axios.com/mueller-adds-muscle-for-russia-investigation-2439721714.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hiring top attorneys</a>, whom they say are partisan, to assist with his investigation. Those same Trump supporters have also taken issue with Comey's relationship with Mueller, which they say is too close.</p>
<p>"Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair," former House Speaker and prominent Trump surrogate Newt Gingrich <a href="https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/874228318865952768" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted Monday</a>. "Look who he is hiring. Check FEC reports. Time to rethink."</p>
<p>He added that he "changed" his mind on Mueller <a href="https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/874294221158658053" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">because of</a> Comey's testimony, Comey's relationship with Mueller, and Mueller "hiring partisans."</p>
<p>When Mueller was first hired by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in mid-May following Comey's controversial firing and speculation that Trump might have obstructed justice, Gingrich said Mueller was a "superb choice to be special counsel."</p>
<p>"His reputation is impeccable for honesty and integrity," <a href="https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/864998445244743684" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">he tweeted</a>. "Media should now calm down."</p>
<p>Popular conservative commentators like firebrand author Ann Coulter, pro-Trump radio host Bill Mitchell, Town Hall columnist Kurt Schlichter, and longtime Trump political adviser Roger Stone echoed Gingrich.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/874042211595419648" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Coulter tweeted Sunday that</a> Attorney General Jeff Sessions "should fire Mueller" (Sessions could not do so, as he has recused himself from Russia matters) because Comey said under oath that he told Trump he was not under investigation.</p>
<p>Mitchell tweeted after Comey's testimony that Mueller "must step down" from the position "immediately," claiming that Mueller and Comey may have "colluded."</p>
<p>Schlichter tweeted Sunday that the results found by "Comey's friend Mueller" shouldn't be given "one bit of credibility?"</p>
<p>"The fix is in," <a href="https://twitter.com/KurtSchlichter/status/873959602324348929" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">he wrote</a>. "Screw these people."</p>
<p>Stone, who <a href="https://www.infowars.com/trump-insider-reveals-why-a-special-prosecutor-is-the-right-move/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said in a video last month for the far-right conspiratorial website InfoWars</a>&nbsp;that a special counsel would be able to "clear the air on whether the Russians interceded in the last election to help" Trump, retweeted an account that called Mueller "unfit to be investigating anything."</p>
<p>Like Gingrich and Stone, the other commentators struck a different chord when Mueller was first appointed.</p>
<p>"Now that Trump named special counsel, what the hell will the media talk about all day, actual news on the great economy maybe?" Mitchell, whom Trump has retweeted during his presidency, <a href="https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/865045449958359041" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted</a>. He&nbsp;added, "A year from today, Democrats <a href="https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/864970997589475328" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">will curse</a> the day they ever demanded a special counsel. They bluffed and Trump just called it."</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/864995716988534786" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Coulter's initial take</a> was that those who "have most to worry about" as a result of Mueller's appointment were Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and former President Bill Clinton.</p>
<p>"Word to the wise for Democrats after Mueller" appointment: "Don't let" former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta "beat you to the best criminal lawyer!" <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/864996542419283968" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">she tweeted</a>.</p>
<p>Schlichter, responding to Trump's statement soon after Mueller's appointment that&nbsp;a special counsel "hurts our country terribly," <a href="https://twitter.com/KurtSchlichter/status/865290072093990912" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said the comments were</a> "not a hit on Mueller" but "a hit on the liberal lies that got us here."</p>
<p><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/593ecef0c4adee7a278b47fd-1280/gettyimages-168870130.jpg" alt="Former FBI Director Robert Mueller" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Former FBI Director Robert Mueller"></p>
<p>The change in sentiment from a prominent wing of Trump's supporters indicates that, should the results of Mueller's investigation prove negative for the president, they will likely be quickly dismissed by some who have the ear of Trump's base.</p>
<p>The president himself has <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-comey-lied-under-oath-testify-2017-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted a number of times in the aftermath</a> of Comey's hearing about the investigation, but has not made any comments about Mueller himself.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">On Friday morning</a>, Trump went after Comey for "so many false statements and lies," adding that his testimony had provided "total and complete vindication." On Sunday night, he retweeted a clip of Fox News pundit Geraldo Rivera saying that the "chances of" Trump's "impeachment went from 3% to 0% with Comey's testimony."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-comey-lied-under-oath-testify-2017-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">During a Friday press conference at the White House</a> alongside Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Trump said he was "100%" willing to testify under oath to dispute claims Comey made before the Senate committee, adding he "would be glad" to tell Mueller "exactly what I just told you," but under oath.</p>
<p>In that Rose Garden press conference, Trump denied Comey's allegation that he said&nbsp;he "hoped" Comey would "let go" of an investigation into Flynn. Comey has said Trump asked him in a private meeting in February to end that probe.</p>
<p>Still, Trump added that if he had made those comments, there would be nothing wrong with it, "according to everybody that I read today."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/11/trump-mueller-special-counsel-239396" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Speaking on Sunday to ABC's George Stephanopoulos</a>, Trump attorney Jay Sekulow, who is working on his outside legal team handling the Russia matter, refused to say whether Trump would pledge not to have his Justice Department fire Mueller.</p>
<p>"Look, the president of the United States, as we all know, is a unitary executive," Sekulow said on ABC’s "This Week." "But the president is going to seek the advice of his counsel and inside the government as well as outside. And I'm not going to speculate on what he will, or will not, do."</p>
<p>Although he said he couldn't "imagine" such a scenario would be necessary, he added "that, again, is an issue that the president with his advisers would discuss if there was a basis."</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-comey-lied-under-oath-testify-2017-6" >TRUMP: Comey lied about what I said, and I'm '100%' willing to be questioned under oath about it</a></strong></p>
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Fri, 28 Apr 2017 09:40:00 -0400Jocelyn Gecker
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/590345f87dea724c528b4880-1328/ann coulter.jpg" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" data-mce-caption="Commentator Ann Coulter gestures as she addresses the Conservative Political Action conference (CPAC) in Washington, February 12, 2011."></p><p>BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — <span>Ann</span>&nbsp;<span>Coulter</span> did not turn up in Berkeley where hundreds held a raucous but largely peaceful demonstration in her absence and lamented what they called the latest blow to free speech in the home of America's free speech movement.</p>
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<p>The conservative pundit's canceled appearance at the University of California, Berkeley drew hundreds of her supporters to a downtown park Thursday, many of them dressed in flak jackets, ballistic helmets adorned with pro-Donald Trump stickers and other protective gear in anticipation of violence.</p>
<p>But there were no major confrontations between <span>Coulter's</span> supporters and opponents, largely because of a significant police presence and the fact that members of an extremist left-wing group did not show up to provoke clashes.</p>
<p><span>Coulter</span> had publicly floated the idea of making a controversial visit to Berkeley despite the cancellation, but did not show.</p>
<p>Her supporters and students on the UC Berkeley campus, many of whom expressed distaste for <span>Coulter's</span> political views, voiced frustration that she didn't get to speak and that the university's reputation as a bastion of tolerance was suffering. <span>Coulter</span> planned to give a speech on illegal immigration.</p>
<p>"I don't like <span>Ann</span>&nbsp;<span>Coulter's</span> views but I don't think in this case the right move was to shut her down," said 24-year-old grad student Yevgeniy Melguy, who held a sign earlier in the day saying "Immigrants Are Welcome Here."</p>
<p>Anthropology major Christina Katkic, 21, worried that the university was getting increasingly stuck in the middle of the country's political divide.</p>
<p>"Berkeley has become a platform and a lot of people want to come here and use it," said Katkic, who had joined other students on campus blowing bubbles near a message scrawled on the ground in chalk that read: "If only bubbles actually made our campus safe."</p>
<p>"I think <span>Ann</span>&nbsp;<span>Coulter</span> has a right to speak here. Berkeley students are interested in political discourse," she said.</p>
<p>University police erected barricades and refused to let any protesters enter the campus. Six people were arrested, including one for obstructing an officer and wearing a mask to evade police, and another for possessing a knife.</p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/578cda3788e4a70f018b8c05-911/gettyimages-86430368.jpg" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Political commentator Ann Coulter (L) attends Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 5, 2009 in New York City."></p>
<p>Hundreds of <span>Coulter's</span> supporters gathered about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the university's main Sproul Plaza at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in downtown Berkeley.</p>
<p>"It's a shame that someone can't speak in the home of the free speech movement," said Wilson Grafstrom, an 18-year-old high school student from Menlo Park, California.</p>
<p>He wore a helmet with a "Make America Great Again" sticker across the back, goggles, a gas mask and knee pads. He blamed people opposed to <span>Coulter</span> and President Donald Trump for forcing him to gear up for problems.</p>
<p>Gavin McInnes, co-founder of Vice Media and founder of the pro-Trump "Proud Boys," was one of several speakers at the gathering. He delivered the speech <span>Coulter</span> had planned to give on illegal immigration, on her behalf, to the crowd's raucous applause.</p>
<p>"They tried to ban her and we can't allow that. It's unacceptable," McInnes said as he left the gathering surrounded by private security. "Free speech is about uncomfortable speech. Yes, it's often about hate speech and it's about speech that's banned."</p>
<p>On its Facebook page, McInnes' group calls itself a fraternal organization aimed at "reinstating a spirit of Western chauvinism during an age of globalism and multiculturalism."</p>
<p>While the afternoon rally ended without serious conflict, police at one point formed a human wall in the street separating anti-Trump protesters from the park where pro-Trump groups were gathered.</p>
<p>Anti-Coulter and anti-Trump protesters at the park held a banner that read: "It's not about 'free speech,' it's about bigots trying to normalize hate."</p>
<p>Earlier this month, a bloody brawl broke out in downtown Berkeley at a pro-Trump protest that featured speeches by members of the white nationalist right. They clashed with a group of Trump critics who called themselves anti-fascists.</p>
<p>In February, violent protesters forced the cancellation of a speech by right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos, who like <span>Coulter</span> was invited by campus Republicans.</p>
<p>Officials at UC Berkeley said they feared renewed violence on campus if <span>Coulter</span> followed through with plans to speak, citing "very specific intelligence" of threats that could endanger <span>Coulter</span> and students, which <span>Coulter</span> said was motivated by a university bias against conservative speakers.</p>
<p>Police had faced criticism after the earlier clashes for failing to stop the violence.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof credited the peacefulness of Thursday's rallies partly to an increased police presence. He declined to specify how many police were deployed but said there were a "wide range" of local and regional agencies present.</p>
<p>"I think it's clear that having a strong visible police presence was important both in terms of deterrence and law enforcement," he said, noting that even in <span>Coulter's</span> absence hundreds descended on Berkeley. "This points to the challenges we face in the climate we're living in."</p>
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<p>Associated Press writers Janie Har and Kristin J. Bender contributed to this report from San Francisco.</p>
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Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:41:50 -0400David Choi and Reuters
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/590275042f6ae489248b4b11-2400/2017-04-27t204816z1lynxmped3q1orrtroptp4california-coulter.jpg" alt="uc berkeley protest" data-mce-source="Stephen Lam/Reuters" data-mce-caption="A man looks on as opposing factions gather over the cancelation of conservative commentator Ann Coulter's speech at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, California, U.S., April 27, 2017."></p><p>BERKELEY, Calif. — Police at the University of California at Berkeley braced on Thursday for potential civil unrest stemming from a now-canceled speaking engagement by conservative commentator<span> Ann </span><span>Coulter </span>following a recent spate of politically charged violence on or near the campus.</p>
<p><span>Coulter</span>, one of America's best-known and most provocative pundits on the political right, said on Wednesday that she no longer intended to defy university officials by addressing UC Berkeley students on campus this week.</p>
<p><span>"It’s sickening when a radical thuggish institution like Berkeley can so easily snuff out the cherished American right to free speech," <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/857302629088612352" target="_blank">tweeted Coulter</a> on Wednesday. </span></p>
<p>Coulter left open the possibility of paying a visit to her supporters at the school, long a bastion of liberal student activism and a center of the Free Speech Movement protests of the 1960s.</p>
<p>Campus police Captain Alex Yao said his department would maintain "a highly visible presence," pointing to continued threats of violent protests by<span> Coulter </span>supporters and opponents. Berkeley city police also issued a notice that local law enforcement was on alert for any protests that turned unruly.</p>
<p>"Berkeley police and allied agencies are working cooperatively to ensure the safety of attendees while arresting those who commit violence or other crimes," the notice said.</p>
<p>As of noon, a peaceful crowd of roughly 100 people, some carrying American flags, some wearing helmets, had congregated in downtown Berkeley at a public square ahead of demonstrations expected later in the day. About a dozen police officers stood nearby, batons and helmets dangling from their belts.</p>
<p>So far, the demonstrations appear peaceful, though two people were reportedly <a href="http://abc7.com/news/ann-coulter-protest-uc-berkeley-police-say-2-arrested/1925554/" target="_blank">placed under arrest</a>. Calls for dispersing the crowd came around 3:30 p.m., due to a nearby high school ending their class.</p>
<p>"We're here for peace," said David Fry, a resident of Tacoma, Washington, and head of the American Freedom Motorcycle Association. "I expect free speech to happen."</p>
<p>Campus and local authorities said they were taking the potential for lawlessness seriously following several episodes of politically fueled disturbances.</p>
<p>In February, protesters opposed to an appearance by Milo Yi<span>ann</span>opoulos, then a senior editor for the conservative Breitbart News website, set fires, broke windows and clashed with police on campus, prompting cancellation of his speech.</p>
<p>And in March and again in April, opposing groups from the far-right and far-left skirmished violently near campus. <img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5892c9ad6e09a87b008b47e7-2400/ap17033125284839.jpg" alt="UC Berkeley Milo Yiannopoulos protests" data-mce-source="AP Photo/Ben Margot" data-mce-caption="Protestors watch a bonefire on Sproul Plaza during a rally against the scheduled speaking appearance by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos on the University of California at Berkeley campus on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif."></p>
<p>UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks cited all three incidents in explaining why the school balked at<span> Coulter</span>'s original plans to speak on campus on Thursday.</p>
<p>University officials said organizers erred by inviting<span> Coulter </span>without notifying campus officials in advance, as is required of all student groups, and by failing to submit to a "security assessment" to determine a suitable venue for the event. UC Berkeley officials denied that<span> Coulter </span>was unwelcome because of her politics.</p>
<p>After initially barring a<span> Coulter </span>speech for Thursday, university officials proposed moving the event to next Tuesday.<span> Coulter </span>said she could not make it then and accused the school of trying to limit her audience by choosing a date that fell in a study week ahead of final exams.</p>
<p><span>Coulter </span>then insisted she would go through with her speech on Thursday, despite university objections. But she changed her mind after student organizers withdrew their invitation, though they vowed to press ahead with a lawsuit filed on Tuesday accusing UC Berkeley of suppressing freedom of speech.</p>
<p>Following the cancellation of the event, Richard Spencer, a <span>white nationalist with ties to the "alt-right" movement, lambasted Coulter, tweeting "conservatives," like Coulter, are "weaklings who need to be displaced," according to <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/27/richard-spencer-white-nationalist-plots-berkeley-e/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS" target="_blank">The Washington Times</a>. "I will absolutely go to #Berkeley within the next year."</span></p>
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<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/58f946140ba0b8ac008b5032-1996/undefined" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Ann Coulter."></p><p>BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - Police at the University of California at Berkeley braced for potential clashes between militant left-wing and right-wing activists on Thursday, despite conservative commentator Ann<span> Coulter </span>dropping plans to address students at the campus.</p>
<p><span>Coulter</span>, one of America's best-known and most provocative pundits on the political right, said on Wednesday that she no longer intended to defy university officials by addressing UC Berkeley students on campus this week.</p>
<p>But<span> Coulter </span>left open the possibility of paying a visit to her supporters at the school, long a bastion of liberal student activism and a center of the Free Speech Movement protests of the 1960s.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley officials said classes would be held as scheduled.</p>
<p>But campus police Captain Alex Yao told a news conference late on Wednesday that his department would maintain "a highly visible presence" on Thursday, pointing to continued threats of violent protests.</p>
<p>"Many of the individuals and organizations which planned to protest Ann<span> Coulter</span>'s appearance or support it still intend to come to campus," university spokesman Dan Mogul of told Reuters.</p>
<p>Indeed, social media feeds of militant left-wing and right-wing activists remained abuzz with vows to proceed with demonstrations and counter-demonstrations over the<span> Coulter</span>-Berkeley controversy.</p>
<p>In February, protesters opposed to an appearance by Milo Yiannopoulos, then a senior editor for the conservative Breitbart news website, set fires, broke windows and clashed with police on campus, prompting cancellation of his speech.</p>
<p>And in March and again in April, opposing groups from the far-right and far-left skirmished violently near campus.</p>
<p>All three incidents were cited on Wednesday in an open letter from UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks explaining the school's position.</p>
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<p>University officials said the Berkeley College Republicans erred by inviting<span> Coulter </span>without notifying campus officials in advance, as is required of all student groups, and by failing to submit to a "security assessment" to determine a suitable time and place for the event.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley officials denied that<span> Coulter </span>was unwelcome because of her politics.</p>
<p>After initially barring her from speaking on campus on Thursday, university officials proposed moving her appearance to next Tuesday.<span> Coulter </span>said she could not make it then and accused the school of trying to limit her audience by choosing a date that fell in a study week ahead of final exams.</p>
<p><span>Coulter </span>then insisted publicly that she would go through with her speech on Thursday, over the university's objections. But she said she changed her mind after student organizers withdrew their invitation, though they vowed to press ahead with a lawsuit filed on Tuesday accusing UC Berkeley of suppressing freedom of speech.&nbsp;</p>
<p>(Reporting by Lisa Fernandez in Berkeley; Additional reporting by Mark Hosenball in Washington and Jonathan Allen in New York; Writing and additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-berkeley-braces-for-unrest-despite-ann-coulter-cancelation-2017-4#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-irma-latest-update-projected-path-track-florida-2017-9">Hurricane Irma is hammering Florida and headed to Georgia — here are the latest updates on the massive storm</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/there-will-be-no-speech-ann-coulter-cancels-her-contentious-plan-to-speak-at-berkeley-2017-4'There will be no speech': Ann Coulter cancels her contentious plan to speak at Berkeleyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/there-will-be-no-speech-ann-coulter-cancels-her-contentious-plan-to-speak-at-berkeley-2017-4
Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:55:20 -0400Mark Hosenball and Jonathan Allen
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5900de550ba0b86a1d8b636d-711/ann-coulter-cancels-her-speech-at-uc-berkeley-2017-4.jpg" alt="Political commentator Ann Coulter speaks during the " data-mce-source="Thomson Reuters" data-mce-caption="Political commentator Ann Coulter speaks during the &amp;quotPoliticon&amp;quot convention in Pasadena, California"></p><p>Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has canceled her speech planned for this week at the University of California's Berkeley campus after a dispute with school officials, who feared violent protests, over whether a safe venue could be found.</p>
<p>"There will be no speech," Coulter wrote in an email to Reuters on Wednesday in which she also criticized two conservative groups who had originally sponsored the event, saying they were no longer supporting her. "I looked over my shoulder and my allies had joined the other team," she wrote.</p>
<p>"I have no sponsor, no lawyer, no court order," she added. "I can't vindicate constitutional rights on my own. I was just supposed to give the speech."</p>
<p>Coulter, one of the best-known conservative commentators in the United States, had been scheduled to give a speech critical of pro-immigration policies on Thursday. She said she may nonetheless still visit the campus that day.</p>
<p>Last week, Berkeley officials said there was no safe venue at the campus on that date. They cited violent demonstrations by left-wing demonstrators in February hours before another right-wing media figure, Milo Yiannopoulos, was scheduled to speak.</p>
<p>Berkeley proposed that Coulter speak on May 2. Coulter said she could not make that date and accused the school of an effort to limit her audience, noting that it fell in a study week ahead of final exams.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, the Young America's Foundation and the Berkeley College Republicans, which had organized the speech, sued university officials, accusing the public university of suppressing conservative speakers' rights to free speech.</p>
<p>Later that day, Young America's Foundation said in a statement it could no longer sponsor the speech, blaming Berkeley officials. It said they had not offered assurances that campus police would protect attendees from any violent protests, a charge the school denied.</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5892a15f3149a13e088b46d8-2400/ap17033068749382.jpg" alt="UC Berkeley protests" data-mce-source="AP Photo/Ben Margot" data-mce-caption="People protest the appearance of Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif."></p>
<p>"Berkeley should be ashamed for creating this hostile atmosphere," the foundation's statement said.</p>
<p>Dan Mogulof, a Berkeley spokesman, wrote in an email that the university had "heard nothing" from Coulter or the sponsors. He declined to comment further, writing that he had "no interest in communicating with her through the media."</p>
<p>Mogulof also shared a letter sent to students on Wednesday by Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks in which he wrote that campus police had learned of threats of violence should the speech happen.</p>
<p>"This University has two non-negotiable commitments, one to Free Speech, the other to the safety of our campus community members, their guests, and the public," he wrote.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-host-kelly-wright-says-he-endured-hair-jokes-racist-comments-2017-4" >Fox News host Kelly Wright says he endured on-the-job hair jokes and racist comments</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:09:00 -0400Jonathan Stempel
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/58fe5ad80ba0b8a2018b5b54-1996/undefined" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Ann Coulter."></p><p></p>
<p>(Reuters) - Two groups that invited conservative commentator Ann Coulter to speak at the University of California at Berkeley sued school officials on Monday, saying the school's decision to postpone her appearance violated their free speech rights.</p>
<p>Coulter had been scheduled to speak on April 27, but her appearance was canceled on concern it might spark violent protests. The university rescheduled her appearance to May 2.</p>
<p>The Young America's Foundation and the Berkeley College Republicans said their constitutional rights were violated by the university's "vague" policy to restrict speech by "high-profile" speakers with conservative viewpoints.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Dan Grebler)</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/uc-berkeley-canceled-ann-coulter-speech-over-fears-of-protests-2017-4" >UC Berkeley ditches Ann Coulter speech over fears of more protests</a></strong></p>
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Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:02:39 -0400Dan Whitcomb and Mark Hosenball
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/57865d984321f172088b7d38-2400" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Ann Coulter."></p><p>(Reuters) - Conservative commentator Ann Coulter said on Thursday she could not speak at the University of California, Berkeley, on a new date chosen by the university and intended to show up for the original event, which was canceled over security fears.</p>
<p>Officials at U.C. Berkeley, who abruptly canceled her planned April 27 speech on Wednesday citing security concerns, reversed course on Thursday and rescheduled the event for May 2.</p>
<p>U.C. Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks said in a statement the university had canceled the April 27 event based on specific threats "that could pose a grave danger to the speaker." Dirks said the university, in its commitment to free speech, had found an "appropriate, protectable" venue where Coulter's speech could go forward in a safe environment on May 2.</p>
<p>However Coulter, who had vowed after the cancellation to show up for her April 27 speech anyway, said she and her security detail could not arrange to be on campus on May 2 " ... and there will be no students there that week!"</p>
<p>"So I'm planning on speaking on the 27th as scheduled. Maybe they will arrest me," she said in an email to Reuters.</p>
<p>The university's academic calendar shows that May 1-5 is a "reading/ review/ recitation period" before final exams.</p>
<p>Harmeet Dhillon, an attorney representing two groups organizing Coulter's speech, also sent a letter to the university on Thursday demanding she be allowed to speak on the original date.</p>
<p>One of the country's best-known conservative pundits, Coulter had been scheduled to speak to a college Republican club about her 2015 book, "¡Adios, America!: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country Into a Third World Hellhole."</p>
<p>Berkeley is known as the birthplace of the student-led Free Speech Movement of the 1960s. As with other U.S. colleges and universities, it has tried to find a balance between ideological openness, student safety and student opposition to what some describe as "hate speech."</p>
<p>Several conservative speakers have been met with disruptive, sometimes violent, protests when invited to speak at U.S. universities with liberal-leaning student bodies in recent months.</p>
<p>In canceling Coulter's speech on Wednesday, UC Berkeley cited violence that broke out at the campus in February, hours before right-wing media personality Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak there.</p>
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump, who had taken office just days earlier, threatened to cut off funding to the school after the violence surrounding Yiannopoulos' planned lecture and U.C. Berkeley's decision to cancel it.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York, Mark Hosenball in Washington, D.C., and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by Frances Kerry, Andrew Hay and Paul Tait)</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/uc-berkeley-canceled-ann-coulter-speech-over-fears-of-protests-2017-4" >UC Berkeley ditches Ann Coulter speech over fears of more protests</a></strong></p>
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Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:46:20 -0400Jonathan Allen, Dan Whitcomb
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<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/58f946db7522ca5b5f8b4a16-1996/undefined" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Ann Coulter.">The University of California, Berkeley, which canceled a speech by Ann Coulter over what the school said were security concerns, on Thursday rescheduled the event after the conservative commentator said she would show up and speak anyway.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks said the university had canceled the April 27 event on Wednesday based on specific intelligence of threats "that could pose a grave danger to the speaker."Dirks said in a statement that the university, in its commitment to free speech, had found an "appropriate, protectable" venue where Coulter's speech could go forward in a safe environment on May 2.</p>
<p>In apparent response to the decision, Coulter tweeted "Berkeley just imposed an all-new arbitrary &amp; harassing condition on my exercise of a constitutional right."</p>
<p>One of the country's best-known conservative pundits, Coulter had been scheduled to speak to a college Republican club about her 2015 book, "¡Adios, America!: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country Into a Third World Hellhole."</p>
<p>Berkeley is known as the birthplace of the student-led Free Speech Movement of the 1960s. As with other US colleges and universities, it has tried to find a balance between ideological openness, student safety and student opposition to what some describe as "hate speech."</p>
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5242faa9eab8ea82116cd2d4-1114/screen shot 2013-09-25 at 110013 am.png" alt="UC Berkeley" data-mce-source="Flickr/John Morgan" data-link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aidanmorgan/7352097646/"></p>
<p>In recent months, several conservative speakers have been met with disruptive, sometimes violent protests when invited to speak at US universities with liberal-leaning student bodies.</p>
<p>In cancelling Coulter's speech on Wednesday, UC Berkeley cited violence that broke out at the campus in February, hours before right-wing media personality Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak there.</p>
<p>Coulter in a Fox News interview later on Wednesday said she would still speak.</p>
<p>"What are they going to do? Arrest me?" Coulter said. "I'm definitely giving the speech."</p>
<p>Following the violence surrounding Yiannopoulos' planned lecture and UC Berkeley's decision to cancel it, President Donald Trump, who had taken office just days earlier, threatened to cut off funding to the school.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, police arrested at least three people protesting an appearance at Alabama's Auburn University by Richard Spencer, a prominent white nationalist.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Jonathan Allen and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by Frances Kerry and Andrew Hay)</p>
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Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:36:26 -0400Sonam Sheth
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/57865d984321f172088b7d38-2400" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Ann Coulter."></p><p></p>
<p>UC Berkeley has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/19/berkeley-cancels-ann-coulter-speech-over-fears-of-more-violent-protests/?utm_term=.b9ebf8969753" target="_blank">canceled a scheduled speech</a> by conservative icon Ann Coulter over fears that it may spark further protests.</p>
<p>The school was at the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/uc-berkeley-protests-milo-yiannopoulos-2017-2" target="_blank">epicenter of heated riots</a> in February when conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos was invited to speak on campus. Fights also broke out around its campus last week when <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-right-left-wing-protesters-clash-in-berkeley-california-park-2017-4" target="_blank">pro- and anti-Trump protesters clashed</a> during an event at Civic Center Park.</p>
<p>In light of these events, university officials said in a letter to the campus Republican group that had invited Coulter to speak that it had canceled her speech over worries that it may fuel backlash the way Yiannopoulos' scheduled appearance had. The same college Republican group had invited Yiannopoulos to speak in February, but his invitation was also rescinded amidst the violence that news of his planned appearance prompted.</p>
<p>After her speech was canceled, Coulter told The Washington Post in an email that UC Berkeley had been trying to force her to pull out of her appearance by "imposing ridiculous demands," but that she complied with "all of their silly requirements."</p>
<p>Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof told The Post that although it had not been in contact with Coulter, it had been in touch with the campus group that invited her to speak. "Everything we're doing is so the speaker and students can actually exercise their rights without disruption," Mogulof said. "It's unfortunate that people who think the university's efforts to keep students and the speaker herself safe are 'silly.'"</p>
<p>Coulter said those requirements included that she make her speech in the middle of the day, that the event only be open to students, and that the venue she'd be speaking at wouldn't be announced until the last minute. She had planned to speak to students about immigration.</p>
<p>Coulter said that she believes her right to free speech "has been unconstitutionally banned" by the "public, taxpayer-supported UC-Berkeley."</p>
<p>She continued: "They just up and announced that I was prohibited from speaking anyway ... I feel like the Constitution is important and that taxpayer-supported universities should not be using public funds to violate American citizens' Constitutional rights."</p>
<p>University officials said they were initially unaware of Coulter's invitation because the campus Republican group had not informed the university it was inviting her. They said they found out about the event after reading about it in newspapers.</p>
<p>Coulter said in her email that she is still planning on speaking at the university, and the spokesman for Young America's Foundation, a conservative national group that helped organize the event, said Coulter is planning to speak on April 27.</p>
<p>"If Berkeley wants to have free speech, they are going to get it," the spokesman, Spencer Brown, said.</p>
<p>Berkeley officials said that they were not canceling Coulter's appearance because of her controversial views. "It has nothing to do with anyone's political views. We believe in unqualified support to the First Amendment. But we also have an unqualified focus on safety of our students," Mogulof said. "We are going to be making a concerted effort to explain the reasons behind this."</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/uc-berkeley-canceled-ann-coulter-speech-over-fears-of-protests-2017-4#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon-firing-james-comey-biggest-mistake-in-modern-political-history-2017-9">Steve Bannon: Firing Comey was the biggest mistake in 'modern political history'</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-interviewed-ann-coulter-after-the-conservative-canceled-2016-9Chelsea Handler interviewed Ann Coulter's 'body double' after the controversial Trump supporter cancelled last-minutehttp://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-interviewed-ann-coulter-after-the-conservative-canceled-2016-9
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:00:01 -0400Jethro Nededog
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/57ee75d0d887240a068b4693-1200/chelsea%20handler%20ann%20coulter%20body%20double%20netflix.png" alt="chelsea handler ann coulter body double netflix" data-mce-source="&amp;quotChelsea&amp;quot/Netflix; YouTube"></p><p>Chelsea Handler found a hilarious way around Ann Coulter's last-minute interview cancellation by using a "body double" and the conservative pundit's own words on Friday's episode of Netflix's "Chelsea."</p>
<p>"Since I'm always accused on not representing both sides in this election, I went out on a limb and booked one of the most vocal Trump supporters in the country, Ann Coulter," Handler said. "And guess what she did. She called in sick right before the show today. Oh no, I'm sorry, she emailed in sick."</p>
<p>Handler, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-taping-of-chelsea-handler-netflix-talk-show-2016-9" target="_blank">who takes her job hosting Netflix's first talk show seriously</a>, said she was up at 5 a.m. reading Coulter's new book, "In Trump We Trust," which the host referred to as a "piece of garbage."</p>
<p>"The show must go on," Handler declared. "So to give you an idea of how our interview would've gone, please welcome Ann Coulter's body double."</p>
<p>In comes comedian and "The Mindy Project" actress Fortune Feimster, who aside from the blonde wig bears very little resemblance to Coulter.</p>
<p>The best part of what transpires is that Handler asked Feimster questions about Coulter's take on different issues, and in response, Feimster actually reads from Coulter's book.</p>
<p>For example, Handler asks Feimster what Coulter's take is on women's right to vote.</p>
<p>In response, Feimster reads aloud from the book, "'It would be a much better country if women did not vote. And it's simply a fact.' You heard me. Oh, oh, deal with it."</p>
<p>OK, so Feimster does include her own embellishments, but Coulter can't claim she wasn't represented.</p>
<p><strong>Watch the hilarious interview below:</strong></p>
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Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:02:16 -0400Jason Guerrasio
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/57ceca6d09d2931a008b6222-2400/anne%20coulter%20alberto%20e%20rodriguez%202%20getty.jpg" alt="Anne Coulter Alberto E Rodriguez 2 Getty" data-mce-source="Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty"></p><p>The "Roast of Rob Lowe" aired Monday on Comedy Central, and not only did roaster Ann Coulter <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ann-coulter-roast-rob-lowe-2016-8">get a lot of insults thrown her way</a>, but her own jokes fell flat.</p>
<p>Roasting Lowe with veteran stand-up talents like host David Spade and roast king Jeff Ross, the conservative commentator should have taken some of the jokes the show's writers compiled for her, as many non-comics who go on the roast do.</p>
<p>But Mike Lawrence, who was one of the writers for the show, revealed on a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral/videos/10154432385554030/#" target="_blank">Facebook Live chat</a> that Coulter rejected the jokes given to her. So we were instead entertained by Coulter's own material, which did not go over well with the audience that was more shocked by what she said than entertained.</p>
<p>Here are a few of the jokes she said:</p>
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<p>“I’m hoping to persuade you all to vote for [Donald] Trump, most of all I want you David [Spade], because it would prove the media is lying when they say that Trump won’t get the vote of a single spade.”</p>
<p>“Rob [Lowe]’s last show was called ‘The Grinder,’ hard to believe a TV show named after a gay dating app wouldn’t be a huge hit.”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>"She does not understand humor or joy,” Lawrence said about Coulter on the Facebook Live chat.</p>
<p>Then Lawrence, along with fellow comic Earl Skakel, brought out a blond puppet named "Coultergeist" and read off six jokes that Lawrence and others wrote for Coulter:</p>
<p>1. “I have to say, Rob, it’s nice to finally not be the most hated person in the room.”</p>
<p>2. “Peyton Manning [a fellow roaster on the show] is a model citizen and his forehead is a model for the wall that Trump’s going to put between the U.S. and Mexico.” </p>
<p>3. “Ralph Macchio’s [another roaster] first ever credit was in the movie 'Up the Academy,' playing a character called Chooch Bambalazi. Are you serious? Even Donald Trump thinks it’s too racist to call a wop Chooch Bambalazi.”</p>
<p>4. “That would be like if Jeff Ross’ first credit was a character named Mosha Gefilte Fish Streisand Ziegmillianberg. And before you ask, Jeff, I wouldn’t f--k you with Hillary Clinton’s d--k.”</p>
<p>5. “Rob Lowe is like America: He hasn’t been great since Reagan was president and unemployment is becoming more and more of a problem for him.”</p>
<p>6. “Giving you a roast is the worst decision Comedy Central’s made since they replaced Jon Stewart with a South African child. That’s a Trevor Noah joke, the one immigrant I’m most excited to see deported. Am I white, people? Am I white?”</p>
<p>In an interview with <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ann-coulter-rips-comedy-central-924192?utm_source=twitter" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, Coulter said that she and some friends, including joke writer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1001768/" target="_blank">Ned Rice</a>, wrote her material for the roast.</p>
<p>"I couldn’t use much of what was given to me by the network because of Comedy Central’s decision to shift away from humor," Coulter said.</p>
<p>Watch the full Facebook Live video below:</p>
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Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:27:46 -0400Chris Sanchez
<p><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/57c7ac3cb996eb5d128b584a-1171/screen%20shot%202015-09-21%20at%2010.52.40%20am.png" alt="Ann Coulter" data-mce-source="Business Insider" data-mce-caption="Ann Coulter."></p><p>Conservative political commentator Ann Coulter appears to be back in the fold with Donald Trump after the GOP presidential nominee delivered an immigration speech in Phoenix on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Coulter <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-arizona-immigration-speech-text-2016-8">called the real-estate mogul's latest pronouncements</a> "the most magnificent speech ever given."</p>
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I hear Churchill had a nice turn of phrase, but Trump's immigration speech is the most magnificent speech ever given. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/771172220249014272">September 1, 2016</a>
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<p>Coulter, a vocal supporter of Trump's bid for the White House, appeared to lose some admiration for the presidential candidate when he <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-campaign-deportation-2016-8">seemed to backtrack</a> on his immigration proposals last week.</p>
<p>Trump's apparent policy switching came at a time when Coulter's new book, "In Trump We Trust," was set to be released.</p>
<p>"There's nothing Trump can do that won't be forgiven," Coulter writes in her book. "Except change his immigration policies."</p>
<p>When Trump appeared to do that last week by saying it would be a "very, very hard thing" to deport a person who has lived in the US illegally for 15 or 20 years, <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/771172220249014272">Coulter tweeted</a>, "Well, if it's 'hard,' then never mind."</p>
<p>But in his speech in Phoenix on Wednesday night, Trump leaned back into his hard-line immigration stance, squashing any speculation that he would pivot away from his base of supporters leading into the November 8 election.</p>
<p>Coulter seemed comforted by this:</p>
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NO PIVOT. " Illegals will have one path to legal status: To go home and apply through legal channels like everyone else." </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/771173410718134273">September 1, 2016</a>
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I think I'll watch this speech every night before going to bed so that I will sleep like a baby. </p>— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/771169031881629696">September 1, 2016</a>
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Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:28:15 -0400Benjamin Tumin
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Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:04:00 -0400Graham Flanagan
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Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:27:15 -0400Jason Guerrasio
<p><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57c43ef609d29322008b4e7b-2400/rob lowe roast alberto e rodriguez getty.jpg" alt="Rob Lowe Roast Alberto E Rodriguez Getty" data-mce-source="Getty" /></p><p>The taping for the Comedy Central celebrity roast of Rob Lowe was filmed&nbsp;Sunday night in Los Angeles, and though Lowe may have been on the hot seat, the guests on stage&nbsp;directed&nbsp;all their venom at&nbsp;fellow roaster Ann Coulter.</p>
<p>The conservative commentator was invited to roast Lowe, but it turns out the most brutal jokes of the night on stage were at expense, according to <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/28/snl-star-calls-ann-coulter-a-racist-c-nt.html?via=desktop&amp;source=copyurl" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Ann is one of the most repugnant, hateful, hatchet-face b-----s alive,&rdquo; said stand up comic Jimmy Carr at the taping. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not too late to change, Ann. You could kill yourself!&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;The only person you will ever make happy is the Mexican who digs your grave,&rdquo; said comedian Nikki Glaser.</p>
<p>Even singer Jewel got in on it:&nbsp;&ldquo;I do want to say as a feminist that I can&rsquo;t support everything that&rsquo;s been said tonight. But as someone who hates Ann Coulter, I&rsquo;m delighted.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The comics at the celebrity roasts, spearheaded by comic Jeff Ross, are known for never holding back. And "Saturday Night Live" cast member Pete Davidson proved that when he took the podium and called Coulter a "racist c--t" during his slot.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"Everybody has such thin skin," Coulter, who is a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, told&nbsp;The Daily Beast&nbsp;after the taping. "Bless their hearts, they were trying to be funny."</p>
<p>The celebrity roast of Rob Lowe will air on Comedy Central on Labor Day.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-box-office-bombs-2016-8" >The 10 biggest box-office bombs of 2016 so far</a></strong></p>
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